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GLOBALISATION, DEMOCRACY AND TERRORISM
Eric Hobsbawm
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Description for GLOBALISATION, DEMOCRACY AND TERRORISM
Paperback. An engaging and provocative survey of our current globalised world from one of Britain's foremost political historians. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW3; JFFS; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 182.
In this collection of illuminating, incisive and thought-provoking essays, Eric Hobsbawm examines every aspect of the issues that have inspired the greatest debate - not only among politicians, academics and commentators but among all of us - in recent years: that is, the effects of globalisation, the plight of democracy and the threat of terrorism. As we are only too aware, all of these have the power to affect our daily lives, from the state of our economies to the fear of murderous bomb attacks in our cities. Hobsbawm discusses war and peace in our lifetime, problems of public order, ... Read more
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Publisher
ABACUS
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Weight
182g
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780349120669
SKU
V9780349120669
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About Eric Hobsbawm
Eric Hobsbawm was born in Alexandria in 1917 and educated in Vienna, Berlin, London and Cambridge. A distinguished historian, he is a Fellow of the British Academy and of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, with honorary degrees from universities in several countries.
Reviews for GLOBALISATION, DEMOCRACY AND TERRORISM
'Hobsbawm is as intellectually lively and politically provocative as ever in these lectures on the "barbarisation" of society through technology, economic activity and globalisation
THE TIMES
'This collection of recent essays gives a good sense of the vigour and passion with which this famous intellectual surveys the contemporary world
SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
'Britain's greatest ... Read more